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Notes from the Archives at The Library of VirginiaThu, 01 Dec 2016 21:15:28 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1By: Dalehttp://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/06/07/and-theyre-off-too/comment-page-1/#comment-112
Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:53:02 +0000http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/?p=3010#comment-112One of the sources we used in researching this information was Melvin Patrick Ely, Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s through the Civil War. According to Ely, on the eve of the Civil War, Virginia had more slaves than any other state and more free African Americans than any state except Maryland. (Vintage Books Edition 2005. p. 14) Thanks for reading!
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Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:29 +0000http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/?p=3010#comment-111It is interesting to note the large number of free slaves in Petersburg. That surprises me as I would think the numbers would be higher in the more northern states at that time in history.
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